If you do not normally come to Wednesday night FUSION, the I encourage you to start. Starting TONIGHT during the gathering (6:00-6:30 in the Sanctuary), I will be starting a mini-series discussion of biblical church membership. There are several things that the body of UBC will need to be aware of and pray for as … Continue reading THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT…

53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. … Continue reading Dead on my Feet, but Alive in Christ!

Recently there was a gathering of leading theologians and pastors called the Gospel Coalition. This gathering was for the purpose of centralizing the gospel and historic theology across denominational lines. This is an appropriate form of ecumenism. I encourage you to visit the site and see what you think. Particularly I want to encourage you … Continue reading A Great Resource

Last night, Joel Osteen, Pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, was interviewed. The full story on CBS News can be found HERE. My aim is to pull just a few statements made by Osteen, compare them with scripture and briefly comment. "You said 'I like to see myself as a life coach, a motivator to … Continue reading Joel Osteen on “60 Minutes”

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This is part 2 of an ongoing look at the Divinity of Christ. This is not necessarily a systematic approach as much as it is giving you all as much information (biblically speaking) as possible. Along the way I will include some links to some classic works by historic theologians and councils to see how … Continue reading The Divinity of Christ – Part 2

Today's devotional from Spurgeon: "Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst."—John 4:14. HE who is a believer in Jesus finds enough in his Lord to satisfy him now, and to content him for evermore. The believer is not the man whose days are weary for want of comfort, and … Continue reading Thirst

First of all, sorry it's been so long since my last post. I would claim it's the new addition (Lydia), but I have an incredible wife who does an incredible job at being "mom" that I think I'm just tired at the idea of the third daughter (meaning, I'm sleeping pretty well). Expository Preaching Underscored … Continue reading Some Observations & Updates…

Now that we are back in our Study of John, the issue of Christ's divinity and is inter-relation with God the Father are vital subjects to address. Some of that is addressed during the course of the sermon, but great detail is not afforded us at that time. So, I aim to offer some resources … Continue reading The Divinity of Christ – Part 1

Originally, we had planned to launch approximately 10-12 Life Groups (community-based home groups) this Fall. However, given all of the changes we've experienced lately (and which you have responded to incredibly) we decided that the body needed to "breathe" for a while and adjust. So, we have opted to push this back to January 2008. … Continue reading Life Groups Update…